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Is Marijuana Use Among Boomers on the Rise?

According to recent reports, there's an increasing number of baby boomers giving marijuana a whirl. There's a pretty even split of older marijuana consumers (52.3% female and 47.7% male) according to the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Fox News

Gen Z wants less sex in movies and television; experts say technology and delayed adulthood could be why

Gen Z teens and young adults are having less sex than past generations and want less sexually explicit content shown in the media they watch, according to a study by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA ... UCLA has been tracking youth behavioral trends for nearly a decade through its annual California Health Interview Survey, the most extensive state health report in the country.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Los Angeles Daily News

Eight years after disastrous Aliso Canyon gas leak, residents still seek answers

Today SoCalGas continues to store, inject and withdraw billions of cubic feet of methane from the field, the second largest natural gas storage facility in the Western U.S. ... A team of about 50 UCLA researchers said they would study the effects of the leak on the health of residents near the Aliso Canyon field. Their team will examine “thousands of pollutants in people’s blood and blood of babies at birth, to look for unexpected differences in the blood of people in the community compared to those outside the affected area.

Aliso Canyon Health Study
San Fernando Valley Sun

Dozens Receive Latest COVID Vaccine at Free Walk-in Community Event in Pacoima

Dozens of area residents recently participated in a one-day walk-in vaccine clinic in Pacoima offering free basic health screenings, flu shots and the newest COVID-19 vaccine. Getting vaccinated may also help reduce the prevalence of “long COVID,” which is described as lingering or long-term symptoms of COVID following an infection. According to data from the 2022 California Health Interview Survey, nearly 1 in 3 adults in California who have had COVID-19 experienced symptoms of long COVID. 

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
AsAm News

Lack of detailed data, racism continues to impact AAPI health

Although racism has been declared a public health emergency by many areas across the U.S., eliminating it is another, much more complex matter, according to experts at Health Affairs. 1 in 4 low-income Asian Americans in California experienced food insecurity, according to a study that analyzed data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). It included data for low-income AAPIs, including Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese, from 2011 to 2020.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
CNN

The largest health care strike in history is over — for now

More than 75,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente employees are returning to work after a historic three-day strike. But an even bigger, longer work stoppage could be just around the corner ... Gerald Kominski, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, said he believes the health care industry and its workers have yet to rebound from the pandemic.

“The fact that there’s burnout and problems with retention and recruiting because of the work environment is, in my opinion, probably one of the longer-term consequences of the pandemic,” he said.

Gerald F. Kominski
Vigour Times

Alarming UCLA Survey Uncovers Ongoing Food Insecurity Crisis Among Californians

An increasing number of low-income, working-age Californians are facing challenges accessing nutritious and affordable food, as per a study released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce, Todd Hughes
Mirage News Australia

Survey reveals rising health challenges for Californians

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced restrictions and shutdowns, health care providers turned to telehealth. The result was a surge in the use of telehealth by Californians to access care, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Web Today

UCLA survey finds food insecurity continues to plague Californians

An increasing number of low-income, working-age Californians say they're struggling to access nutritious and affordable food, according to a study released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Fox 11 Los Angeles

UCLA survey finds food insecurity still a major issue for Californians

An increasing number of low-income, working-age Californians say they're struggling to access nutritious and affordable food, according to a study released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce, Todd Hughes